Texas Holdem Cash Game Strategies and Tactics

Learning advanced Texas Holdem cash game strategies and tactics is not only a fun challenge, but also a highly lucrative skills set, both at the poker tables and in life. Get on the fast track to becoming an expert today by dropping your name and e-mail in the form to the right (bottom of the page on mobile devices). >>> With your free membership, you’ll receive exclusive access to stack-based cash game and tournament strategies and tactics, which apply to all poker games, as well as downloadable poker tools and key stats for taking your game to the next level.

As Texas Holdem is still the most popular form of poker played today, we made it the main focus of our free 12-week advanced poker strategy course. The international popularity of Hold ’em has become so great that many people believe poker is Texas Holdem. Even in the States today, if you tell friends that you’re going to host a poker home game , 90% of the time, the only question in their minds is if there will be a Hold ’em tournament before hours of cash-game play. 20 years ago, even recreational players would ask you “what type of poker” will be played: i.e., dealer’s choice 7-Card Stud and 5-Card Draw/Stud cash games and maybe a few rounds of Holdem and Omaha … to mix it up.

There are numerous approaches to Texas Hold ’em, which can all be equally valid and profitable in different playing conditions. In order to properly understand it all and correctly utilize it in your game, a little background information and advice is needed. Definitely start watching the free Essential Poker Knowledge video series after you review the following Texas Holdem overview and the fundamentals of betting in poker (bet types, pot manipulation, and lines of play).

If you’re looking to become a Holdem cash-game expert as fast as possible, we recommend the following four downloadable products so that you’ll know which hands to play per position (with either a tighter TAG or looser LAG style), exactly how to calculate your odds, and what your equity is vs. your opponent’s exact hand and estimated ranges:

The rest of this page serves as a Texas Holdem strategy hub with links to the rules of the game, basic Holdem strategy and principles, which are the foundation of becoming a true poker expert. Again, we cover advanced Texas Holdem cash game strategies and tactics in great detail in the 12-week course—feel free to sign up at any time.

Never watch the board or look at your pocket cards when the cards are being dealt … watch your opponents!

Against “unknowns,” sit to the left of the player with the most chips.

Sit right of weak tight-aggressive players (TAGs) and left of loose aggressive players (LAGs/maniacs).

Again, Texas Hold’em is a vast game and there’s no way to explain all components of it on one page, so use the links above as a guide to strengthening your play in all forms and aspects of this amazing game. For access to our advanced poker strategy lessons, drop your name and email in the right sidebar near the top of this page, and they will be emailed to you directly.

consisting of:(19,600 3-Card Combinations)

Making on flop

Making by turn

Making by river

Prob.

Odds

Prob.

Odds

Prob.

Odds

Three or more of same suit

5.177%

18.3 : 1

13.522%

6.40 : 1

23.589%

3.24 : 1

Four or more of same suit

1.056%

93.7 : 1

3.394%

28.5 : 1

Rainbow flop (all different suits)

39.765%

1.51 : 1

10.550%

8.48 : 1

Three cards of consecutive rank (but not four consecutive)

3.475%

27.8 : 1

11.820%

7.46 : 1

25.068%

2.99 : 1

Four cards to a straight (but not five)

3.877%

24.8 : 1

18.991%

4.27 : 1

3+ cards of consecutive rank and same suit

0.217%

459 : 1

0.869%

114 : 1

2.172%

45.0 : 1

Three of a kind (not a full house/four of a kind)

0.235%

424 : 1

0.935%

106 : 1

2.128%

46 : 1

A pair (not 2-pair or three or four of a kind)

16.941%

4.90 : 1

30.417%

2.29 : 1

42.450%

1.36 : 1

Two pair (but not a full house)

1.037%

95.4 : 1

4.716%

20.2 : 1

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